[GretchenEE]

God bless our allies, every one.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the post, Kattracks.

"They viewed our arrival as their liberation," said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Woodbridge, commander of the Marine battalion responsible for Najaf since April. "We've certainly done everything we can to keep the people in that mindset."

The 1,000-strong force of Spanish, Honduran and Salvadoran troops forms part of a Polish-led division which took over responsibility for the rest of the Marines' sector of south-central Iraq at the beginning of this month.

NON-UN-ilateral, heroic allies, ping!

 Thanks, Tonkin!

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[Sinner6]

This is good news. But you'll never see this on the six PM news.

[bushfamfan]

This is going it alone! The media and Demonrats are really something. Of course it would be nice if these other countries would get acknowledged for their participation in Iraq, but it's all about media spin.